73 years before the advent of the christian era, 基督教时代的来临73年之前，

as rome was taking over any land within reach, 作为罗马的土地接管指日可待，

setting up proxy governmnents in the conquered lands, 设置代理governmnents在征服的土地，

there lived one such man given just such a job. 住着一个这样的人给了这样一份工作。

gaius verres. go. 盖尤斯的Verres 。去。

   

a praetor held a position which operated on trust. à执政官举行的信任操作的位置。

he was to govern instead of the emperor himself. 他执政，而不是皇帝本人。

it was an easy easy privilege to abuse. 这是一个容易轻松的特权被滥用。

and verres did so. 的Verres和这样做。

   

he was the governor of agrigentum which we now know as sicily. 他agrigentum我们现在所知道的西西里总督。

and he stole everything that wasn't nailed down, 他偷走了，这不是板上钉钉了一切，

took improper advantage of other men's wives. 拿了别人的妻子不正当利益。

the list goes on. trust me. 这样的例子不胜枚举。相信我。

cicero wrote it all down. 西塞罗写了这一切。

   

at syracuse verres welcomed a band of pirates. 雪城的Verres欢迎海贼的乐队。

they all drank and danced and sang on the shore, 他们都喝酒，跳舞，唱上了岸，

and when the husband of one of verres's paramours 而当的Verres的情妇之一的丈夫

came bringing a fleet of boats with him, 来使船的船队和他在一起，

verius, clever, if diabolical, gave him a job. verius ，聪明的，如果恶魔，给了他一份工作。

and enlisted the pirates to burn the whole fleet down. 并邀请了海盗燃烧了整个车队下来。

   

the boats burned in the sicilian harbor 烧在西西里港口的船只

the flames rose hundreds of feet into the air 烈焰玫瑰数百英尺到空气中

we stood on the shore watching them burn we stood 我们站在岸上看着他们烧我们站

on the shore, we heard the old songs. hey! 上了岸，我们听到的老歌。哎！